Anatoly Sergeyevich Garanin. Photo Reporter. They say one of the best, one of the strongest reporters of the Soviet Union. And maybe the strongest. If you put “Soviet Union” in quotes, then it’s definitely the first. When you put “Soviet Union” in quotes, it’s a magazine. It was published in more than two dozen languages and sent around the world. Propaganda for the Soviet way of life. “Look, be jealous…” Propaganda is a delicate business. It is impossible to lie roughly . Not that readers will grab my hand, but turn away. Drawing everything objectively, who would then be “jealous”?? So “objectivity” has to be conveyed in a measured, measured way.
Thanks to Alexei and Nikita Garanin for providing us with photos from their family archive.
Photographer Anatoly Garanin
“Soviet Union” was balancing on the edge of possibility: not lies, but, as everywhere else, half-truths – the struggle between the good and the best… It was not a hatchet job, but a chisel and crowbar job. And for this kind of work you need masters, virtuosos. The staff of photo reporters in the magazine was one of the strongest. And this is without any discounts or subtexts. The guys were able and allowed to flirt with the form: “photographic” in the magazine took root very well. It may not have been “avant-garde,” where everything is put upside down, but it was the kind of “freshie” that photographers who worked in other prints reviewed with pleasure and envy. “Formalism” was present, but in moderation.
Read the full article about Anatoly Garanin at the Fototehnika magazine web site – fotosky
What drives Anatoly Garanin to maintain a sense of detachment and obscurity in his work as a photographer? Does this deliberate artistry impact the way viewers interpret and connect with his photographs compared to photographers who offer more clarity and emotional engagement?